G/TBT/N/BDI/474  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1620  
G/TBT/N/RWA/1021  
G/TBT/N/TZA/1128  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1932  
6 May 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.g o.ug 
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Grain 
sorghum, for sowing (HS code(s): 100710); Plant growing (ICS code(s): 65.020.20); 
Sorghum See ds 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 822:2024, 
Sorghum seed — Requirements for certification, Second edition  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.; (19 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the certification 
requirements for the production of pre -basic, basic and certified seed of sorghum 
(Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). It includes requirements for eligible varieties, field 
standards, field inspection s, seed sampling, laboratory standards, certificates, packaging, 
labelling, and post control tests.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices an d 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/BDI/474, G/TBT/N/KEN/1620, G/TBT/N/RWA/1021, G/TBT/N/TZA/1128, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1932  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Rules  
2. OECD Seed Schemes: Guidelines for Control Plot Tests and Field Inspection of 
Seed Crops  
3. OECD Schemes for Varietal Certification or the Control of Seed Moving in 
International Trade  
4. UPOV Test guidelines for sorghum  
5. Kenya Gazette Sup plement 217, Acts N 53, 2012, the Seeds and Plant Varieties 
Act. Nairobi Kenya.  
6. Seed Regulations 2007 , Seed Act N18, 2003 Republic of Tanzania  
7. Seeds and Plant Act of Uganda, 2006  
8. Rwanda Seed Law # 14/2003.  
9. ASARECA, Seed Certification Standards for ten cro ps of the Major Economic 
Importance in EAST  
10. Africa and Rwanda, July 2007 Obongo Nyachae STAK.  
11. Harmonization of Seed Policies and Regulations in Eastern Africa. ECAPAPA, 
ASARECA September 2002.  
12. Kenya Seed Sector Baseline Study, by Evans Olonyi Sikinyi, Seed  Trade 
Association of Kenya, STAK, AFSTA 2010  
13. Rwanda Seed Sector Baseline Study, AFSTA 2010  
14. Uganda Seed Sector Baseline Study, Ruth N. Ssebuliba, Uganda Seed Trade 
Association (USTA), AFSTA 2010  
15. Burundi Seed Sector Baseline Study, Mr. Juvent Baramburiye, A FSTA 2010  
16. Principles of Seed Science and Technology. L.O.Copeland & M.B. McDonald. 
Second Edition 1985.  
17. CABI, Crop Protection Compendium, 2013.  
18. OECD Document TAD/CA/S/RD/2008/12/REV2, April 2009  
19. UPOV Convention Act 1991  
20. IOWA CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (I CIA), Certification Standards 2009.  
21. Corn Inspector Training Manual, ICIA Ames Iowa 2009  
22. Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) Cultivar Purity Testing Handbook.  
23. The seeds and plant regulations for Uganda 2011"  
24. ISTA Handbook on Seedling Evaluation  
25. OECD Seed Schemes; Rules and Regulations 2013"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/BDI/474, G/TBT/N/KEN/1620, G/TBT/N/RWA/1021, G/TBT/N/TZA/1128, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1932  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1 /2 
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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